Topic - Thomas Jefferson

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  Obama helps break ground for black history museum

  President Obama heralded a new national black history museum as "not just a record of tragedy, but a celebration of life" as he marked Wednesday's groundbreaking of the long-sought-after museum on the National Mall.

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  RICHARDS and ROBISON: Currency of the Founders

  Reflecting on the 44 presidents who have served these United States and the Founding Fathers who had the vision to create our country, questions arise: Is America what the Founders envisioned it to be? If they were here now, what would the Founders do? What would they think? One thing seems clear: Current political debates could stand to be seasoned with their wisdom.

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  NUGENT: Trading freedom for free stuff

  The Internet is full of health-related studies and articles. Most of them provide similar, age-old wisdom: Eat right, exercise and don't smoke. There are no guarantees, but following this timeless advice generally leads to a longer, healthier life.

• LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Make government retract its hand

  For years, we have watched our religious freedoms being eaten away. Many say we have a secular nation.

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  RUANE: Getting America moving means more roads

  In today's Washington, transportation funding has become just another political football. It's been 28 months since the last law expired, and Congress, driven by bitter partisan bickering, has failed to agree to a new one.

• WILLIAMS: Presidential focus on style over substance

  Great leaders have the vision and the ability to motivate themselves and others to achieve difficult tasks.

• New exhibit explores Jefferson's slave ownership

  Thomas Jefferson wrote "all men are created equal" to declare U.S. independence from Britain, yet he was also a lifelong slave owner who freed only nine of his more than 600 slaves during his lifetime.

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  Pentagon chief Panetta makes historic visit to Libya

  U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said "the torch of freedom" has passed to the Libyan people and he pledged during a historic visit Saturday to Tripoli that the United States will do all it can to help the country move toward democracy.

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  PRUDEN: Winning the war against 'civility'

  If only the peasants would sit up and pay attention, the liberal nannies could straighten out "the mess" in Washington overnight.

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  BOOK REVIEW: 'American Emperor'

  Aaron Burr ranks among the most reviled characters in American history - an astounding fate for a Founding Father who came within a hair's breadth o f the presidency in 1800. Although he was never convicted in court, the term "traitor" is indelibly linked to his name.

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  PRUDEN: Presidents in the Age of Twitter

  Thomas Jefferson collected old books and French wines, Warren Harding collected poker buddies, and FDR collected stamps. Harry S Truman collected sheet music and played the piano. But not so long ago, wife-collecting was regarded as over the line. Cats do it, dogs do it and even educated fleas are said to conduct serial impermanent romances. But presidents were held to a tougher moral standard.

• EASTLAND: Alliances, interests and the 'Big Stick'

  As a conservative and Marine Corps firebase commander in Vietnam in 1968-'69, I had a mental list of things I was willing to fight and die for when I went there. When I came back, I still had a list of principles I was willing to fight and die for. But it was a much smaller list.

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  Inside the Beltway

  When in doubt, say, "Ronald Reagan."

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  House vote reaffirms 'In God We Trust'

  The House paused from its focus on job creation Tuesday to reaffirm the national motto "In God We Trust," making a rare return to social issues that a few lawmakers called a waste of time.

• Skeptic finds he now agrees global warming is real

  A prominent physicist and skeptic of global warming spent two years trying to find out if mainstream climate scientists were wrong. In the end, he determined they were right: Temperatures really are rising rapidly.

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